The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-24

saw and the leg of his iron bedstead, which
he had sawn off to use as a weapon. he
said that he knew the cells would all be
searched and he might as well surrender
those things at once. They.were damaging
evidence against him, and they marked him
as the head and front of the attempt. How
he obtained possession of them Is not known
The saw can be taken to pieces and the
whole of il might be concealed in one
dish of food, but he has not
received any food, except what is furnished
by the jail authorities. He had them, how
ever. and there is no doubt but they were 20
be used for this OCCASION for the leg of the
bed had been cut off Tuesday night. Deputy
Hasted examined the beds Tuesday after
noon TO see which of them were fit to take
TO the new Jail, and there was no leg miss
ing from Wards bed then.
WARD AN ESCAPED CONVICT.
Ward is a dangerous character, and it is
thought that be is an escaped convict. The
chief Of the detective force of Springfield,
Mass, has been in correspondence with
Chief Of Police Anderson, concerning him.
He sent a picture of convict who had es-
capped from the Massachusetts penitentiary,
and from the strong likeness it bears to
Ward the authorities are confident that he
is the man wanted. Letters have come
from North Carolina and dozens Of
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both States, and there is no doubt but that
he is one of a gang of criminals and is well
known to the police in various parts of the
country. Sheriff Roman and Deputies
KinChley and Hasted are both confident
that Wright was the tool of Ward.
Wright has behaved himself well since he
has been in Jail, ana he has been thought so
thoroughly trustworthy that he would have
been recommended to the penitentiary
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been for this affair.
HOW THE SAW WAS OBTAINED.
1t is probable that the delay in building
the new Jail is the cause of this outbreak
and of the opportunity to smuggle in CON
traband articles which Ward surren-
dered. At present the authorities are
compelled by the lack of a proper Jail to
permit those who call to see prisoners to talk
to them with only the front door of the Jail
between them. The bars of that
door are SO wide apart that
a rife could be put through
them, and therefore it would not be difficult
for a friend to slip jewelers. saw IN to one
of the prisoners while talking to him. One
of the participants in the Pulaski House
wine vault robbery is supposed to be the
man who obtained the saw. His name is
Dixon, and some time ago he wrote to his
brother to send him small saw Sheriff
Roman learned that he had written for the
saw, and a close watch has been kept
upon him and every one who has
talked to him, but he probably
obtained it as Louis Lingg did the mys-
FERROUS bomb which ended his life. 1t is
probable that he turned the saw over to
Ward, who was the leader of the movement
and who, no doubt, induced Wright to make
the assault upon the guard, arguing to him
that ne was to go up for life anyhow, and
he might as well make an effort to gain his
freedom, for even if he did fail he would be
no worse off than he then was.
THE PRISONERS PLAN.
1t is a matter of doubt just what the plan
of the prisoners was, but the authorities are
satisfied that Wright was to overpower Di-
nan and obtain his weapon. He was then to
make a disturbance which would bring
Deputy Hasted into the Jail, and as soon as he
entered the door he was to have been shot or
knocked senseless with the club Wright was
to have taken hisl1eys then and opened at
least one or two of the cells, probably
Cassidy's, and thus secure assistance before
the guard in the upper part of the building
couM come down stairs. Should he have
attempted to interfere he was to have been
killed, and then all the cells would have
been unlocked and there would have been
a general delivery. The promptness with
which the guards acted, and their determi-
nation prevented thu carrying out of this
plan, and though Oman is suffering severely
with his wounds, he is well satisfied that he
did not give up to Wright. His only regret
is that his club broke. All three of the Off
GERS acted with creditable determination,
and adopted the only safe measures that
were left to them TO prevent the successful
carrying out of the plan.